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**papadopul** · 04-27-2012, 08:36 PM

I believe that if a course has to rely on ridiculous pin placements to increase difficulty, then it isn't that good of a course. There is a course near my office that does this. The holes are generally very open and flat, but the greens are either sloped hard front to back or have a steep crown in the middle, solely to make up for the relative ease of the layout. I avoid playing there at all costs.

Agree. I also hate when they leave tree limbs hanging out over obvious sightlines or plant trees in stupid places that blcok you from playing the hole the way it was meant to be played. I guess they think they are making it harder by forcing you to hit a 4 iron twice when it otherwise is a driver wedge. I would like to take a chainsaw to a couple of courses around here that do that.

04-27-2012, 08:36 PM	#19
papadopul Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 466 Senior Member	I believe that if a course has to rely on ridiculous pin placements to increase difficulty, then it isn't that good of a course. There is a course near my office that does this. The holes are generally very open and flat, but the greens are either sloped hard front to back or have a steep crown in the middle, solely to make up for the relative ease of the layout. I avoid playing there at all costs. Agree. I also hate when they leave tree limbs hanging out over obvious sightlines or plant trees in stupid places that blcok you from playing the hole the way it was meant to be played. I guess they think they are making it harder by forcing you to hit a 4 iron twice when it otherwise is a driver wedge. I would like to take a chainsaw to a couple of courses around here that do that.
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